More MacBook "ultra-portable" rumors, but this one is all but confirmed! …

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What words come to mind when you hear "ultra-portable?" Small-screened, perhaps? Light? Maybe even a bit of a performance hit or the lack of an optical drive? Well if any of these traits came to mind, a recent rumor says you're wrong, but they are still pretty sure Apple is coming out with one.

We can unequivocably [sic] confirm that such an ultraportable Macintel laptop exists — not only that it exists, but that recent rumblings on the grapevine have been unusually close to the mark.

We're not quite sure what they mean by this, but it's almost safe to think that they are absolutely positive that a MacBook Thin is imminent.

The MacBook Thin, which is what the people at Mac OS Rumors have seemingly dubbed the "upcoming machine," will apparently ship within the next two and a half months. The MacBook Thin project's apparent goal was:

The key mission of the "Thin" project was to scale down the size of Pro features without compromising them. The Thin is intended to be the fastest, most feature-rich ultraportable laptop on the market.

We know what you are thinking: "What does a MacBook Thin entail as far as specs?" Well we're glad you asked. If this rumor is to be believed, it's basically a 12" MacBook Pro except it magically has eight hours of battery life. Oh, and we assume it's going to be "thin."

I have to think that if Apple tries to pass anything off as an ultra-portable that has a 12" screen, people are going to call BS. Ultra-portables don't usually have things like optical drives built-in so that the manufacturer can make the machine smaller and improve battery performance. This doesn't sound like much of an ultra-portable to me. I guess only MacWorld will tell. Or not.